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PUB. DATE

June 2011

SOURCE

Educational Marketer;6/6/2011, Vol. 42 Issue 12, p8

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports on the move of the Educational Testing Service to pay 1.4 million dollars in settlement of allegations for the improper way of billing the U.S. Department of Education for retiree medical trusts in Princeton, New Jersey.

ACCESSION #

61355975

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